Duckworth says Trump, Carlson questioning her patriotism to distract from president’s ‘failure to lead our nation’ – By Zack Budryk (The Hill) / July 9 2020
Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) blasted President Trump and Fox News anchor Tucker Carlson for assailing her patriotism, saying it was intended to distract from the president’s “failure to lead our nation.”
The Illinois senator, who is also being considered as a running mate for former Vice President Joe Biden (D), was the subject of attacks from both the Fox News host and Trump, who accused her of “hat[ing] America” after she said “we should listen to the argument” in favor of removing statues of George Washington.
Carlson called the senator a “coward” after she declined to come on his show without him first apologizing.
Trump later tweeted a video of Carlson’s segment and his reelection campaign accused the senator in a statement of “using her military service to deflect from her support for the left-wing campaign to villainize America’s founding.”
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